BJU Press US History Ch. 13 section quizzes

Why did some Northerners who were not abolitionists oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?

They feared that the lack of safeguards in the act would result in free blacks being kidnapped and sent into slavery

Why did Stephen Douglas propose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

To win Southern support for a transcontinental railroad, which was necessary to build the railroad through his home state of Illinois.

What were the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

1) California admitted as free state 2) slave trade abolished in D.C. 3) protection of slavery in D.C. 4) federally enforced fugitive slave law 5) Utah and New Mexico organized without reference to restrictions on slavery

Name the four presidential candidates and their parties in the election of 1860.

1) Stephen Douglas - Northern Democrats 2) John C. Breckinridge - Southern Democrats 3) John Bell - Constitutional Union Party 4) Abraham Lincoln - Republicans

What three events during the period May 21-25, 1856 focused national attention on Kansas?

1) The sack of Lawrence, Kansas 2) The Sumner-Brooks Episode 3) The Pottawatomie Massacre

What two sea routes did forty-niners take to California?

1) sailed to Central America, crossed narrow bridge of land, then tried to find ship on Pacific side 2) sailed around southern tip of South America

Explain how campaigning as Lincoln and Douglas did in 1858 is actually better for voters than modern techniques of campaigning.- Star Question

Back in 1858, the people running for president used most techniques that today's campaigning techniques are based on. During Abe's campaigning, he had campaign buttons with photographs of each candidate and his running mate. Along with that, campaigns still relied on tried and true ways to persuade voters, such as sheet music, and direct contact between voters and candidates. Compared to today's campaigning, there was way less equipment/tech that was vulnerable to "Hacking".

Why did Stephen Douglas break with President James Buchanan?

Because of Buchanan's willingness to accept Kansas' slavery constitution, even though it was created through fraud, to please the South; Douglas wanted popular sovereignty, and Buchanan wanted Kansas to be proslavery which interfered with Douglas' popular sovereignty.

Should Christians have obeyed or violated the Fugitive Slave Law? Provide biblical reasons. - Star Question

Christians should have violated the Fugitive Slave Law. Slavery is immoral, and God's law is higher and moral (Galatians 3:28). It is better to sacrifice the law of man and obey the direct laws of God (1 Peter 3:14).

How did Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas differ concerning the expansion of slavery?

Douglas believed that the citizens of a territory had the right to choose whether their state would be slave or free, while Lincoln believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand any further.

Explain the essential positions in favor of and against the principle of secession. - Star Question

People were in favor of secession because it enabled that group of people to get away from some sort of abuse/problem that they had received/encountered. People were not in favor of secession because the people that want to leave may not be fully equipped/taught to survive on their own. When the south seceded from the US, the only state capable of seceding was Texas, since Texas was and could again be a state. The rest of the south would struggle to live without help from the north, and thus re-join the Union.

What did the Dred Scott decision do to the Missouri Compromise?

Ruled it unconstitutional. Dred Scott was not an American citizen, so he didn't have any constitutional rights, as well as not having any rights to sue.

Why did John Brown raid the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

To start and supply weapons for a slave revolt.

Which was the first Southern state to secede from the Union? When?

South Carolina - December 20, 1860

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

The attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina

What was the single most important piece of abolitionist propaganda? Who was its author?

Uncle Tom's Cabin; Harriet Beecher Stowe

What view of the status of slavery in the territories was expressed in the Wilmot Proviso, Calhoun Resolutions, and Popular Sovereignty?

Wilmot Proviso - No slavery in the territories Calhoun Resolutions - Territories could not prohibit slavery until they became states / Congress not allowed to prohibit slavery in territories Popular Sovereignty - Residents of territory decide if free or slave